Audio Story by Kamali

English Translation

I want to say the badness of this disease called Corona brought lots of problems to many people. For me I saw people who had contracted Corona and I also know people who died from Corona. Corona had come with a lot of problems, like kids not going to school. When they [the children] did [go back to school], we were also scared that they may never return or that they may get sick 

over there, but I thank God that they came back okay. I also saw people really getting so sick every day. The sight of sick people really made me and others get so scared because we have never seen people get sick this way, but we thank the Government for all the help we got in terms of treatment and with vaccines. Without the help of the government I don’t know where we would have been because we got help with food and we got help with money. Thank you and thank you . I saw the badness that came with Corona and the help that we ended up receiving. 

Swahili Transcription

Nataka kusema ubaya wa ugonjwa huu uitwao Corona umeleta matatizo mengi kwa watu wengi. Kwangu niliona watu walioambukizwa Corona na pia ninafahamu watu waliofariki kutokana na Corona. Corona ilikuwa imekuja na matatizo mengi, kama watoto kutokwenda shule. Wakati [watoto] walipofanya [kurudi shuleni], tuliogopa pia kwamba huenda wasirudi tena au kwamba wanaweza kuugua huko, lakini namshukuru Mungu kwamba walirudi sawa. Pia niliona watu wakiugua sana kila siku. Kuonekana kwa wagonjwa kwa kweli kulinifanya mimi na wengine kuogopa sana kwa sababu hatujawahi kuona watu wakiugua namna hii, lakini tunaishukuru Serikali kwa msaada wote tuliopata katika masuala ya matibabu na chanjo. Bila msaada wa serikali sijui tungekuwa wapi maana tulipata msaada wa chakula na tukapata msaada wa pesa. Asante na asante na kwa ajili yangu ndio niliona ubaya wa Corona na msaada ambao tuliishia kuupata.